After surrendering Keen's hit with one out in the third, Falkenbach retired 15 straight Georgia hitters before Wyatt singled in the ninth.

Falkenbach (9-6), who was making just his third start, struck out seven and did not walk a batter.

"Connor was tremendous, simply tremendous," Florida coach Pat McMahon said. "I never dreamed he would give the kind of effort he did. I tip my hat to him."

The win gives the No. 6 seed Gators a rematch against Vanderbilt at 10 a.m. today. Florida, which lost 3-0 to the Commodores Thursday, needs to win twice today to earn a berth in the tournament championship game Sunday.

Fortunately for Georgia (38-20), the loss is not expected to keep the co-SEC champion Diamond Dogs from hosting one of the 16 NCAA regionals that will be announced Sunday afternoon.

Perno said he'd be shocked if Georgia did not host.

"We're co-SEC champs, it took us two months to do that. I don't think they should punish a team for not swinging the bats for two days," Perno said. "I mean, we scored one run in three days and still won one game. Not too many teams can do that, so I think by no means would there be a scenario where we wouldn't host."

Perno did not rule out Georgia earning one of the country's eight national seeds, either, although that seems unlikely.

Friday starter Michael Hyle did not pitch bad. The right-hander retired the first nine batters he faced before Florida scored three times in the fourth, two on C.J. Smith's home run to right center field.

Hyle (7-2), who was pulled with two out in the sixth, allowed four runs, three earned on four hits with one walk and four strikeouts.

The win also enabled the Gators (40-19) to avenge their three losses in Gainesville to Georgia in April, and kept Perno from claiming his 100th career victory as Georgia coach.

"We're playing well right now, we just need to keep going," McMahon said. "It's not going to be easy (today), but we're going to give it our best shot."

The news wasn't all good for Florida.

Center fielder Jeff Corsaletti appeared to dislocate his left shoulder while diving to make a catch off the bat of Josh Morris in the seventh inning.

Florida capped its scoring with three runs off Bo Lanier in the seventh, two on back-to-back doubles by Justin Tordi and Brian Leclerc, and the third on a single to center by Smith, who finished with three RBIs.